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baity
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designed to attract attention, provoke reactions, or entice engagement, especially online
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Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
qualitative
Superlative
baitiest
Comparative
baitier
gradable
What does "baity" mean in internet slang?
The structure adds the suffix "-y" to "bait," turning the noun into an adjective that describes content designed to provoke a reaction. It is used to describe posts, headlines, thumbnails, or comments that are intentionally provocative, misleading, or sensational in order to attract attention, clicks, or angry replies. People typically call something "baity" when it feels like low effort engagement farming, such as "That tweet is so baity" or "Clickbait is too obvious when the title is super baity."
Examples
That tweet was so baity, I knew it would spark a hundred replies.
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